Questioning migrants : ethnic nationalism at the limits of Pakistan / Tahir H. Naqvi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Naqvi, Tahir H., author.

Series:

South Asia in the social sciences

South Asia in the Social Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indians--Pakistan--Sindh--Ethnic identity.

East Indians.

East Indians--Pakistan Sindh--History--20th century.

Sindh (Pakistan)--Emigration and immigration.

Sindh (Pakistan).

Sindh (Pakistan)--Ethnic relations.

Muhājir Qaumī Mūvmenṭ--History.

Muhājir Qaumī Mūvmenṭ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 200 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), propelled by ethnic violence and led by university students with lower-middle-class backgrounds, transformed the cities of the southern Pakistani province of Sindh into an ethnic majoritarian stronghold at the unlikely height of a military dictatorship. The more novel aspect of the MQM's platform was its demand for the recognition of Muhajirs as a separate, "oppressed nationality" within Pakistan. Questioning Migrants is a granular historical and ethnographic study of the MQM's capacity to think beyond the exclusivism of Muhajir nationalism toward its contingency and toward a more plural and subaltern framing of the universal. It speaks to significant themes in Pakistan studies: the legacies of Partition, the rise of the martial state, and the dynamics of urbanization and democracy"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Part I

Prelude: "This Is Pakistan"

Regulating the unthinkable: Violence, migration, and the making of the state

Concerning voluntary migrants

After Hijrat: The urban and subjective terrain of settlement

The one, divisible

Part II

Prelude: Ilaaqa Ghair

Sensing urban violence/becoming a nation

The "rise" of the MQM: Urban non-elite citizens and the space of martial rule

Questioning Muslim Nationalism

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Oct 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009492287

1009492284

9781009492294

1009492292

OCLC:

1458760608